2016-08-02



The United States is a celebrity-obsessed country, and not only for A-list celebs like Beyoncé and Brad Pitt. Americans are keenly interested in our lesser-known celebrities, those who dwell on the outskirts of stardom, or grasp at fame on reality TV shows, or have seen their star fade significantly over the years. America as a whole loves it some D-list celebrities, but there are geographical differences when it comes to choosing favorites.

Estately set out to map these differences by using Google Trends to determine which states Google certain D-list celebrities more than any other state. To be clear, the list below does not represent what D-list celebrities each state Googles the most, it simply shows which ones each state Googles more frequently than the other 49 states and the District of Columbia.

ALABAMA:  Jessica Simpson (singer, reality TV personality—Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica) / Mama June Shannon (reality TV personality—Here Comes Honey Boo Boo) / Gavin MacLeod (actor—Captain Stubing on The Love Boat) / Paula Deen (TV chef, butter evangelist)

ALASKA:  Sarah Palin (politician, reality TV personality, keeps a watchful eye on the Russians) / Jon Voight (actor, father of actress Angelina Jolie) / Todd Palin (Sarah Palin’s husband, contestant in upcoming celebrity competition show “Stars Earn Strips”) / Bristol Palin (reality TV personality—Dancing with the Stars) / Alton Brown (Food Network personality)

ARIZONA:  Frankie Muniz (drummer, child actor—Malcolm in the Middle) / David Spade (lists occupation as comedian)

ARKANSAS:  Kirk Cameron (conservative activist, actor—Growing Pains) / Haley Joel Osment (actor—Sixth Sense) / Jim Bob Duggar (reality TV personality, prolific breeder)

CALIFORNIA:  Spencer Pratt (reality TV personality—The Hills) / Audrina Patridge (reality TV personality—The Hills) / Nadya Suleman (Octomom) / David Arquette (actor, ex-husband of Courteney Cox) / Mario Lopez (actor—Saved by the Bell) / Paris Hilton (reality TV personality) / Kim Kardashian (reality TV personality) / Alicia Silverstone (actress—Clueless, famed for chewing her child’s food) / Dr. Drew Pinsky (host of reality show Celebrity Rehab)

COLORADO:  Ryan Sutter (first man to appear on reality show The Bachelor / Angus T. Jones (actor—Two and a Half Men) / Zachery Ty Bryan (actor—played Brad on TV show Home Improvement)

CONNECTICUT:  Piers Morgan (reality TV show contestant, “journalist”) / Rosie O’Donnell (comedian) / Lisa Lampanelli (comedian)

DELAWARE:  Joey Lawrence (WHOOOAAAA!!!) / Jonathan Lipnicki (actor—played the kid in the movie Jerry Maguire) / Len Goodman (dancer, judge on TV show Dancing with the Stars) / Alfonso Ribeiro (actor—played Carlton Banks on TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel Air)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:  Star Jones (lawyer, an original host of The View / Donald Trump (reality TV personality) / Wolf Blitzer (CNN News anchor, Jeopardy failure) / Maury Povich (TV show host) / Keith Olbermann (TV host)

FLORIDA:  Daisy Fuentes (former MTV VJ, now has a clothing line at Kohl’s) / Bubba the Love Sponge (radio host)

GEORGIA:  Wesley Snipes (film actor—Blade and White Men Can’t Jump) / Todd Bridges (actor who played Willis in TV show Different Strokes) / NeNe Leakes (reality TV personality—The Real Housewives of Atlanta) / Stacey Dash (is Clueless) / Damon Wayans (comedian) / Bill Bellamy (actor, former MTV VJ) / Bobby Brown (singer-songwriter) / Arsenio Hall (TV show host)

HAWAII:  Janice Dickinson (former model who was a judge on America’s Next Top Model) / Tila Tequila (reality TV show actor, aspiring Juggalo queen) / Vanessa Lachey (reality TV personality) / Brooke Burke (TV personality) / Tia Carrere (actress—Wayne’s World) / Mark Salling (actor—Glee) / Adam Richman (TV host, Man vs. Food) / Carrie Ann Inaba (dancer, judge on TV show Dancing with the Stars)

IDAHO:  Jonathan Taylor Thomas (actor who played Randy Taylor on TV show Home Improvement, you know, the cute one)

ILLINOIS:  Jenny McCarthy (actress, model, TV host, Playboy Playmate, anti-vaxer, vaping promoter) / Mr. T (actor—A-Team, pitier of fools) / Dennis Rodman (former NBA player, bosom buddy to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un / Kristin Cavallari (reality TV personality, wife of Bears QB Jay Cutler)

INDIANA:  Shelley Long (actress—Cheers and Troop Beverly Hills) / Burt Ward (actor—played Robin in TV series Batman) / Michael Fishman (actor who played D.J. on TV show Roseanne)

IOWA:  Tom Arnold (actor, ex-husband of comedian Roseanne Barr)

KANSAS:  Kirstie Alley (actress, TV show Cheers) / Taran Noah Smith (actor, played Mark on TV show Home Improvement)

KENTUCKY:  Tawny Kitaen (1980s music video vixen, appeared on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew) / Loni Anderson (actress—WKRP in Cincinnati / Chuck Woolery (washed up game show host, Australian Dream pain cream pitchman) / Tori Spelling (reality TV personality, actress—Beverly Hills, 90210) / Billy Ray Cyrus (achy breaky country star/mullet apologist) / Jim Varney (comedian who played Ernest P. Worrell who went to camp, saved Christmas, and was then scared stupid) / Jerry Springer (talk show host)

LOUISIANA:  M.C. Hammer (rapper, oversized pants innovator) / Jack Osbourne (reality TV personality, Ozzie Osbourne’s son) / Steven Seagal (actor—On Deadly Ground, reincarnated lama) / Jonathan Silverman (actor—Weekend at Bernie’s) / Lark Voorhies (actress, Saved By the Bell)

MAINE:  Adam Lambert (singer-songwriter, runner-up on 8th season of American Idol) / Willard Scott (weather presenter, creator of Ronald McDonald, centenarian celebrator) / Rachael Ray (TV show host, chef)

MARYLAND:  Omarosa Manigault (reality TV personality—The Apprentice, now the Donald Trump campaign’s Director of African-American Outreach / Wendy Williams (TV show host—The Wendy Williams Show) / Natalie Nunn (reality TV personality—Bad Girls Club 4) / Tyra Banks (model, TV show host) / Malcolm-Jamal Warner (actor—The Cosby Show)

MASSACHUSETTS:  Donnie Wahlberg (actor, former member of boyband New Kids on the Block, husband to Jenny McCarthy) / John Krasinski (actor—The Office) / David “Puck” Rainey (reality TV personality—The Real World: San Francisco) / Norm Macdonald (comedian)

MICHIGAN:  Dave Coulier (actor who played Uncle Joey on Full House, ex-boyfriend of singer Alanis Morissette) / Verne Troyer (actor who played Mini Me in Austin Powers movies)

MINNESOTA:  Sean William Scott (actor—American Pie) / Craig Ferguson (comedian, former TV host) / Craig Kilborn (comedian, TV show host) / Jeremy Miller—played Ben Seaver on TV show Growing Pains)

MISSISSIPPI:  Jaleel White (actor who played Steve Urkel on TV show Family Matters / Tiffany Pollard, a.k.a. “New York” (reality TV actress—Flavor of Love) / Tyrese Gibson (actor, R&B artist) / Vivica A. Fox (actress who starred in Kill Bill: Vol. 2) / Philip Michael Thomas (actor, Miami Vice) / David Caruso (actor—NYPD Blue) / Willie Robertson (reality TV personality—Duck Dynasty, purveyor of fine duck calls) / Phil Robertson (reality TV personality—Duck Dynasty, the one that’s really scared of the gays) / Katt Williams (comedian, star of many mugshots)

MISSOURI:  Scott Bakula (actor—Quantum Leap)

MONTANA:  Daryl Hannah (actress, Splash)

NEBRASKA:  Anthony Michael Hall (actor, Weird Science and The Breakfast Club) / Chris Klein (actor—American Pie) / Larry the Cable Guy (comedian, Prilosec pitchman) / Nick Nolte (actor—48 hours, star of best mugshot ever)

NEVADA:  Carrot Top (standup comedian, haunter of dreams), Flavor Flav (rapper, reality TV actor), Joey Fatone (former member of boy band *NSYNC) / A.J. McLean (former member of boyband Backstreet Boys) / Ian Ziering (played Steve Sanders on Beverly Hills, 90210) / Rob Schneider (former SNL cast member, current anti-vaccination activist) / Holly Madison (reality TV actress, Playmate) / Andrew Dice Clay (comedian) / Vince Neil (frontman for 80s hair band Mötley Crüe) / Brendan Fraser (seldom seen actor—The Mummy) / David Faustino (actor—played Bud in Married with Children) / Kris Jenner (reality TV personality) / Khloe Kardashian (reality TV personality) / Joe Rogan (comedian) / Heidi Fleiss (Madam, reality TV personality) / Coco Austin (reality TV personality, married to rapper Ice T) / Rob Dyrdek (pro skateboarder, reality TV personality) / Guy Fieri (TV chef w/ bleached goatee that looks like a possum crawling down his chin) / Richard Grieco (actor, TV show 21 Jump Street)

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Adam Sandler (comedic actor) / Paul Hogan (actor, Crocodile Dundee, knife-size expert)

NEW JERSEY:  Scott Baio (actor—Charles in Charge, Donald Trump fanboy) / Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi (reality TV personality—Jersey Shore) / Howard Stern (radio show host) / Camille Grammer (reality TV personality, ex-wife of Kelsey Grammer) / Tiki Barber (former NFL player, TV personality) / Nicole Eggert (actress—Baywatch) / Jim Breuer (comedian)

NEW MEXICO:  Hank Baskett (NFL player, reality TV personality—Kendra on Top) / Val Kilmer (actor—Top Gun and Real Genius) / Gabriel Iglesias (comedian) / Emilio Esteves (actor, The Breakfast Club) / Lou Diamond Phillips (actor—La Bamba) / Danny Trejo (actor—Con Air) / Tommy Chong (actor, comedian, marijuana enthusiast) / Brian Boitano (Olympic figure skater, TV show host)

NEW YORK:  Michael Lohan (Lindsay Lohan’s estranged father) / Dina Lohan (Lindsay Lohan’s estranged mother) / Aubrey O’Day (singer-songwriter, constant reality TV star) / Ricki Lake (actress, former of host of The Ricki Lake Show) / Stephen Baldwin (actor who was fired by Donald Trump on both Celebrity Apprentice and All-Star Celebrity Apprentice) / Kelly Osbourne (reality TV star, TV presenter, daughter of Ozzie Osbourne) / Ralph Macchio (actor—The Karate Kid) / Jason Priestley (actor—Beverly Hills, 90210) / Nicole Richie (reality TV personality—The Simple Life) / Ed Lover (rapper, actor, former MTV VJ) / Charlie Sheen (human train wreck) / Gilbert Gottfried (comedian) / Macaulay Culkin (actor—Home Alone, musician) / Jean-Claude Van Damme (actor—Double Impact and that one Volvo commercial) / Bill Maher (comedian, TV show host) / Geraldo Rivera (TV show host, “reporter”) / Chad Lowe (actor, Rob Lowe’s brother) / David Blaine (magician, illusionist) / Lil’ Kim (rapper) / Mark-Paul Gosselaar—played Zack Morris on Saved by the Bell)

NORTH CAROLINA:  Chris Daughtry (4th place finisher in Season 5 of American Idol)

NORTH DAKOTA:  Brigitte Nielson (former model who starred in reality show Strange Love with rapper Flavor Flav) / Haylie Duff (sister of Hilary Duff who has herself a pretty nice cooking show on the Cooking Channel) / Vanna White (hostess on gameshow Wheel of Fortune, sometimes seated in First Class next to rapper Nelly) / Pat Sajak (toupee-wearing host of Wheel of Fortune) / Luke Perry (actor—Beverly Hills, 90210) / Tara Reid (actress—American Pie) / Pamela Anderson (actress—Baywatch, Playboy playmate, animal rights activist)

OHIO:  Nick Lachey (former singer in boyband 98 Degrees, ex-husband of Jessica Simpson) / Anne Heche (actress—I Know What You Did Last Summer, ex-girlfriend of Ellen Degeneres) / Drew Carey (TV show host) / Richard Simmons (fitness guru)

OKLAHOMA:  Corey Feldman (troubled former child actor) / Vanilla Ice (rapper who both collaborates and listens) / Gary Busey (actor—Point Break and reality TV show Celebrity Apprentice) / Jeremy London (actor—Party of Five) / Jenny Garth (actress—Beverly Hills, 90210) / Caitlyn Jenner (Olympian, reality TV personality) / Alan Thicke (actor, played the dad on Growing Pains) / Amanda Bynes (actress, The Amanda Show) / Rumer Willis (actress, appeared on Dancing with the Stars)

OREGON:  Daniel Baldwin (actor, least successful of the Baldwin brothers)

PENNSYLVANIA:  Jon Gosselin (reality TV personality—Jon & Kate Plus 8, possibly an animated mannequin from an Ed Hardy store) / Kate Gosselin (reality TV personality—Jon & Kate Plus 8) / Elisabeth Hasselbeck (TV show host) / Staci Keanan (actress, played Dana on TV show My Two Dads) / Bruno Tonioli (choreographer, judge on TV show Dancing with the Stars)

RHODE ISLAND:  Lindsay Lohan (actress—Mean Girls, star of TMZ) / Ben Savage (actor—played Cory in Boy Meets World) / Shanna Moakler (model, pageant winner,  appeared in MTV reality show Meet the Barkers) / Kathy Griffin (comedian who starred in her own reality show My Life on the D List, personal friend of CNN host Anderson Cooper) / Fred Durst (frontman for Limp Bizkit) / Michael Richards (actor—Seinfeld) / Kevin Federline (dancer, reality TV personality) / Carson Daly (former MTV VJ, TV show host, human labradoodle) / Dan Cortese (former MTV VJ, actor) / Chris Berman (ESPN anchor)

SOUTH CAROLINA:  William “The Refrigerator” Perry (former NFL player) / Leeza Gibbons (TV and radio host, former host of Entertainment Tonight) / Ric Flair (pro wrestler)

SOUTH DAKOTA:  Aaron Carter (singer, brother of Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter) / Jesse McCartney (former child star on soap opera All My Children and pop singer-songwriter) / Heidi Montag (actor on reality TV show The Hills and frequent plastic surgery recipient) / Kendra Wilkinson (reality TV personality—The Girls Next Door) / Bret Michaels (frontman for 80s hair band Poison) / Chuck Norris (actor—Walker, Texas Ranger, exercise equipment salesman, predictor of the apocalypse) / Pauly Shore (he’s the weasel) / Denise Richards (actress, ex-wife to Charlie Sheen) / Meat Loaf (musician) / Eric Roberts (actor, reality TV show personality) / Elizabeth Berkley (actress—played Jessie Spano on Saved by the Bell)

TENNESSEE:  Johnny Knoxville (actor—Jackass) / Jerry “The King” Lawler (pro wrestler) / Pat Boone (pop singer, actor, birther) / Lisa Marie Presley (singer-songwriter, daughter of The King, ex-wife to The King of Pop)

TEXAS:  Tom Green (Canadian actor, comedian, TV show host) / Brian Austin Green (actor—Beverly Hills, 90210)

UTAH:  Tom DeLonge (member of pop-punk band Blink-182, UFO enthusiast) / David Hasselhoff (actor who starred in Baywatch, Knight Rider, and a late night YouTube video where he devours a cheeseburger on the floor) / Heidi Klum (model, reality TV show host) / Jennifer Love Hewitt (actress—Party of Five) / Daniel Tosh (TV show host, comedian) / Julianne Hough (dancer, judge on TV show Dancing with the Stars) / Marie Osmond (singer, actress)

VERMONT:  Randy Quaid (actor who played Cousin Eddie in National Lampoon’s vacation film series) / Ally Sheedy (actress—Short Circuit)

VIRGINIA: President John Tyler (arguably the most D-list of all U.S. presidents)

WASHINGTON:  Patton Oswalt (comedian) / Richard Karn (actor—Home Improvement) / Ross Mathews (former intern, rival of Billy Eichner, talk show host, personal friend of Tiffany-Amber Thiessen)

WEST VIRGINIA:  Melissa Joan Hart (actress who played Sabrina on TV series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch) / Brooke Hogan (pro wrestler Hulk Hogan’s daughter, aspiring musician) / Hulk Hogan (pro wrestler, unwitting sex tape “star”) / Andy Dick (actor—News Radio) / Tiffany-Amber Thiessen (actress—Saved by the Bell) / Hoda Kotb (TV show host) / Paul Reubens (actor—Pee-Wee Herman) / Adam West (actor—played Batman in TV series Batman) / Shannen Doherty—Beverly Hills, 90210)

WISCONSIN:  Dustin Diamond (played Screech on Saved by the Bell)

WYOMING:  Carmen Electra (actress—Baywatch, reality TV personality, Playboy Playmate) / Alyssa Milano (actress—Melrose Place)

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